"I'd come home from work at 6pm and then had just gone to bed at maybe 10.30-11pm. Everyone was out at work or at The Ranch," she said.

It is only since this incident that hundreds of residents at the village learned there were 80 asylum seekers living among them.

This was an arrangement struck between the Red Cross and Campus Living Villages, the company running the Macquarie Student Village.

Students at the village say they believe most of the asylum seekers are Sri Lankan men.

No-one connected to this incident has confirmed the alleged perpetrator was one of the asylum seekers but the alleged victim and lots of campus residents are suspicious.

Police described the alleged attacker as a man in his 20s, with a thin build, dark skin and dark short curly hair.

The woman says she has provided a description of her attacker to police.

"That'd be the most obvious thing to say first up - skin colour and height and weight and things like that," she said.

"It seems a bit too targeted on a house full of girls that it wouldn't be someone who definitely knows the area well."

No connection

The Red Cross has put out a statement saying there is no connection to asylum seekers at this stage.

"There is no suggestion at this time by police that a Red Cross client is connected with this incident. We will of course cooperate and support our clients to fully cooperate with the authorities in the conduct of their investigation."

Police are investigating the incident and have questioned asylum seekers and students.

Campus Living Villages would not do an interview with Hack but they did put out a statement on Friday that denied the link between asylum seekers and the alleged assault.

"Campus Living Villages is unaware of any evidence to support this allegation and awaits the outcome of the police investigation," the statement said.

A statement from the Department of Immigration says there are security checks on asylum seekers placed in the community.

"The Minister is informed by the advice of security agencies in determining whether it is appropriate for a person to be placed in the community. People who are the subject of an adverse security assessment are not placed in the community," the statement said.

Security problems

Another big problem with the incident is the way security responded.

The village's security officers were notified soon after the alleged attack but they did not call the police.

Daisy, the flatmate of the alleged victim, explains what happened.

"The police didn't come until her parents called the next day," she said.

The alleged victim says the way the incident was handled is frustrating.

"When dad first called up there was a denial... when he questioned whether there were refugees here there was a denial that there was," she said.

"Security did admit there was a major f**k-up, that they didn't call police, that there was no protocol followed.

"We found out later that the police could have done a lot more if they'd been called earlier, which is really frustrating."

So far police have not laid charges and are urging people with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

The university is investigating the incident to reassess whether asylum seekers on bridging visas should be living among university students on the campus.

Some students say they think asylum seekers should be able to continue living in the student village, but the victim of the alleged attack does not agree.

She says it is not safe.

"No, I really question the wisdom of 80 men from a completely different culture and background surrounded by students who are not really conservative creatures, we don't walk around in long pants and long t-shirts in the middle of summer, so I think there should have been better foresight with that," she said.

The young victim is now preparing to spend her first night back at the campus.

"Coming back I'm a little bit freaked out. I just have to see how I feel about it and how it all goes and what the university is going to do to help the situation," she said.